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On 18/6/20 3:33 pm, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Thursday, June 18, 2020 9:09:08 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: |
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>> On 18/6/20 2:23 pm, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> On Thursday, June 18, 2020 7:58:00 AM CEST William Kenworthy wrote: |
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>>>> Hi all, |
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>>>> I ve just installed MS-Teams from portage and do not have webcam |
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>>>> video (it sees the USB code, but gives a black screen). I also tried |
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>>>> the linux download from MS and it behaves the same. The camera works |
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>>>> fine in teams on chromium, Firefox, zoom etc. under the same user. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> Has anyone any suggestions ? |
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>>>> |
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>>>> BillK |
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>>> Hi Bill, |
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>>> |
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>>> I have been using MS Teams on Linux for over a couple of months now and |
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>>> the |
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>>> camera does work for me. |
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>>> |
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>>> The settings I have are: |
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>>> - User added to the groups "audio", "video" and "usb" |
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>>> |
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>>> In Teams, I did have to configure the devices, the settings can be found |
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>>> by |
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>>> clicking on your "avatar", top-right of the window with your initials. |
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>>> (Mine says JR) |
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>>> Then select "Settings" and go to "Devices" |
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>>> I seem to remember it didn't auto-select my camera, but the preview |
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>>> should, |
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>>> when selected, actually work. |
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>>> |
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>>> Here you can also select a headset as audio-device. |
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>>> Also, make sure there is nothing else using the camera at the same time. |
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>>> Do take note, the Linux version is lacking several features that the other |
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>>> "native" clients have. Notably: |
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>>> - Only 4 camera-views at the same time (instead of 9, I believe) |
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>>> - No background-blur or image |
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>>> This means, you only get to show your real background or leave the camera |
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>>> off/ covered. |
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>>> |
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>>> -- |
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>>> Joost |
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>> Thanks Joost, looks like I am out of luck - just a black screen in preview |
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>> (I am presuming that means it wont work in a real conference). It finds |
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>> the camera automaticly (no error messages) and is acting like its |
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>> actually working ... but just a black screen. |
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>> oh well, it will be Chromium again tomorrow :( |
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> Strange, are you sure the camera is not covered? |
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> Also, it does take a little bit for the camera picture to actually show on my |
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> laptop. Maybe wait a little? |
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> And did you close all other applications that might be using the camera? (Like |
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> the browsers and such?) |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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> Yep, all the above - I have a /dev/video0 (of course, as most other video software is woking fine). I'll have a look at what Neil has suggested. |
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BillK |
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